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Puck 96

Sometimes an idea pops into my head, and I think, “Heh. That would be funny.” I don’t think about the amount of work it would require to draw or any of the logistics in executing the strip. I only think about that stuff AFTER I’ve started and the suffering has begun.

So this is one of those times I bit off more than I could chew. The joke is a soft parody on a memorable scene from Empire Strikes Back. (I really have to stop the Star Wars references.) The concept just struck me as screamingly funny, and I had to do it. I cracked open my Empire Strikes Back storybook (publication date 1980) and got studying. I even included 2-1B, the medical droid from Hoth. Now THAT’S nerdy!

I really had to work at that reaction pic of Daphne in the last panel. It’s really hard to draw a picture that suggests someone is going to momentarily spit out what’s in her mouth but hasn’t quite gotten around to it. I think I succeeded.

They do all have the same size of bottom lip. The issue actually wasn’t her bottom lip but her lack of top lip, which made the bottom lip more prominent.

Around strip 200, I started to try and address this issue by adding a slight thickness to the line of her upper lip. Then I went to drawing her with a legitimate upper lip. In my mind, it does look better now.

Holy carp, I started laughing in panel 2, and kept laughing harder each panel… For what it’s worth, all the time and effort involved in the creation of this is appreciated; I keep re-reading it and laughing, and I’ve decided that it’s the high note I want to end my overly-long day on, so thank you for that! ^_^